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Visiting Red Square for the Victory Day Parade
By Nick on May 9, 2008
Since Moscow’s Red Square played host to Russia’s Victory Day parade today, I took a virtual trip across to the Kremlin to check out the views from Google Earth.
This was the 63rd anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany in 1945, and according to this article, “the biggest military extravaganza seen on Red Square since the collapse of the Soviet Union”.
Red Square is full of sightseeing spots, including the Kremlin, St. Basil’s Cathedral, and in Google Earth you can see a 3D version of the Moscow Manege. This was a large building constructed between 1817 and 1825, and used as a riding academy, training school for officers, an exhibition hall and an art gallery, before being destroyed in a fire in 2004. One year later, after reconstruction, it was reopened, hosting the same exhibition it was due to have on the day of the fire.
Learn more about Red Square
- Google Earth Coordinates: 55°45′14.55″N 37°37′13.49″E
- Visit Red Square in Google Maps
- Learn about Red Square on Wikipedia
- Learn about Moscow Manege on Wikipedia
- Moscow Victory Day 2008 video on YouTube
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Mark Ramsay, globetrotting from an armchair in England.
4:04 pm on May 14th, 2008
I found the article very interesting it just shows the passion that the Russians had during the second world war and the pride they have in their own history. Excellent article.